Mick- You can use dynaforms and declare them in your struts-config.xml and as mentioned use BeanUtils.copyProperties to move data between them.
Also, there has been mentioned on this list a library/tool which groks your DTOs and generates formBeans, but I can't recall now what it's called. -ed On 8/9/05, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Also, remember that your ActionForm properties all should be strings, > while your DTOs should be typed. You can use BeanUtils.copyProperties to > do the conversion. > > Say, does anyone have a dynamic AOP-style ActionFormProxy class that you > could use to dynamically decorate a DTO? it would make ints, longs, etc. > on the DTO look like Strings at the ActionForm layer, but you could get > the DTO itself to pass to the business layer. Dates are a challenge, > though, because of the variety of formats. > > -- Bill > > > Instead -- no. But you can use them as nested properties. > > > > On 8/8/05, Mick Knutson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> I have many DTO's and do not want to duplicate code my creating > >> ActionFOrms that are identical to my DTO's. Can I used the DTO's instead > >> of ActionForms? > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
